THREE SMALL NEOLITHIC BLACK POTTERY VESSELS

DAWENKOU AND LONGSHAN CULTURES, CIRCA 2500 B.C.

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THREE SMALL NEOLITHIC BLACK POTTERY VESSELS
Dawenkou and Longshan Cultures, circa 2500 B.C.
Comprising a thinly potted stem cup with flared mouth, the columnar stem pierced with three vertical rows of holes rising from a spreading pedestal foot; and two jars, one of ovoid form with flat base, ribbed sides and a flared mouth rim, the other with a flared neck rising from a vertically grooved, spreading upper body above a waisted lower body and flat base
6.3/8, 4.7/8 and 4in. (16.2, 12.4 and 10.2cm.) high (3)

Lot Essay

Thin, lustrous black pottery was made by Neolithic cultures of the Dawenkou and Longshan phases in the area of present day Shandong province in northeastern China. Compare a similar stem cup unearthed at Sanlihe, Jiao County, Shandong in 1975, illustrated in the Museum of Chinese History Catalogue, 1980, p. 6.

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